ABOUT

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ABOUT

QUIET IS A NY-BASED PRODUCTION OUTFIT. WE MAKE DOCUMENTARIES.

Quiet Pictures was founded by award-winning documentary filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz in 2007. Our films have aired on POV, Independent Lens and American Experience and screened at festivals across the globe.

FILMS

FILMS

FILMS

An unflinching look at the hard choices and destructive consequences of the U.S. - Mexico “drug war,” weaving together the stories of a U.S. drug enforcement agent on the border, an activist nun in violence-scarred Monterrey, Mexico, and a former Texas smuggler.

Reportero follows a veteran reporter and his colleagues at Semanario Zeta, a Tijuana-based independent newsweekly, as they stubbornly ply their trade in one of the deadliest places in the world for the media.

TEAM

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TEAM

OUR TEAM

BERNARDO RUIZ

Founder / Director

Bernardo Ruiz is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He founded Quiet Pictures in 2007. His directorial feature debut, Reportero (POV, 2013) about attacks on the press in Mexico, was nominated for a 2014 News and Documentary Emmy®Award and premiered at Full Frame (U.S.), IDFA (Europe) and Ambulante (Mexico). New York Magazine called it “a powerful reminder of how journalism often requires immense amounts of physical and psychological bravery.”

Katia Maguire is a partner and producer at Quiet Pictures, where she recently produced Kingdom of Shadows for Participant Media and the bilingual series The Graduates/Los Graduados for PBS’ Independent Lens. Katia’s forthcoming projects include directing and producing Jessica Gonzales vs. the United States of America, a documentary that examines an influential Supreme Court case about the effectiveness of restraining orders in domestic violence cases.

Kayla Malahiazar joined Quiet on the outreach and engagement campaign for Reportero (POV, 2013), bringing her previous experience of working with non-profit civic organizations in Mexico. Exposure to the production process sparked an interest that led her to become a production coordinator on The Graduates/Los Graduados (Independent Lens, 2013). Most recently she served as Associate Producer on Kingdom of Shadows (Participant Media).

United Academics
Review of Reportero: "Reportero reaffirms the potency of documentary both as an art form and as a powerful medium for illuminating the oft-unseen implications of conflict."
December 2012